A Clash of Gods - Chapter 111

[Chapter 111 Eyeliner]

Yang Ning said: “You seem to be very jealous of King Huainan. Why, he has an opinion on our Qi family?”

Mao Wenshou said: “I don’t know what the prince did. When the sage established the crown prince, there was a lot of controversy in the court. Some people even directly submitted the letter, asking the sage to upload it to the king of Huainan. This is naturally the king of Huainan behind his back. There was indeed a storm, and even a few officials were punished.”

“Oh?” Yang Ning said, “King Huainan has always been obsessed with the throne?”

“If only the King of Huainan had this thought, then there is nothing to be afraid of.” Mao Wenshou said: “But according to what the lower officials know, there are many people in the court who are on the side of the King of Huainan, the Golden Sabre Marquis among the four marquis. , the relationship with the King of Huainan is not bad.”

“Golden Swordsman?”

Although Mao Wenshou was only a local prefect, he obviously had a good understanding of the situation in the DPRK and explained: “Sir, when Taizu conquered the world, he gathered a group of good officials and generals under his command. Jindaohou, there are still many in the court who are the direct descendants of Emperor Taizong, and after Emperor Taizong took the throne, he also promoted a lot of talents, and the Qi family of Jinyi Hou was promoted by Emperor Taizong.”

Yang Ning immediately understood. According to Mao Wenshou, there are still two factions of the Taizu lineage and the Taizong lineage in today’s Chu state.

Many officials headed by the Marquis of Jindao were promoted by Taizu in the early years. These people naturally still have feelings for Emperor Taizu. Although the two generations of Houye Jinyi have made outstanding achievements, they were promoted by Emperor Taizong. The members of the line naturally hope that the direct descendant of Taizu, King Huainan, can inherit the country, and the rising stars of Jinyi Hou are naturally trying to protect the lineage of Emperor Taizong, that is, support the current prince.

“Since Emperor Taizong inherited the throne, don’t you think about what happened next?” Yang Ning couldn’t help but lowered his voice and said, “The officials of Taizong’s line have different intentions, can’t Emperor Taizong see the clue?”

“Actually, there is no need to look at the clues. For a long time, the succession of the prince has always been ups and downs.” Mao Wenshou sighed: “Emperor Taizong was passed on to the current sage, and many people wrote letters at that time, asking the sage to stand. The king of Huainan was the crown prince, and there were not a few people. In fact, not many people said that Taizong promised to be located in the king of Huainan. At that time, it was promised that the King of Huainan would return to the throne once he grew up. Whether it is true or not, no one can be sure now. But many people are talking about this matter, not saying that the King of Huainan is the orthodox heir to the throne. Leaning forward, he lowered his voice and said, “Emperor Taizong named the King of Huainan as the king, and the disturbance was lessened.”

“The honor of the ninety-five, the foundation of the country, King Huainan and the people under him have immortal ambitions, and they are always a threat to the throne.” Yang Ning whispered: “Emperor Taizong never thought about cleaning it?”

Mao Wenshou said: “Actually, Emperor Taizong has been making preparations all the time. Originally, the Marquis of Jindao was the number one general in my Great Chu. There are many people in the Marquis of Jindao who can conquer and fight well. The prestige of Marquis Jindao in the military can be said to be at that time. No one can match. In order to weaken the influence of the Marquis of the Golden Sabre in the military, Emperor Taizong re-used the old marquis. The old marquis lived up to the expectations of the saints. There are strong enemies outside, and if Emperor Taizong is too ruthless, I am afraid that our Great Chu will be in chaos first.”

Yang Ning nodded slightly, but he could understand Emperor Taizong’s thoughts.

The men and horses left by Emperor Taizu were all the heroes of the founding of the country. Although Emperor Taizong was also wary of those people, as Mao Wenshou said, once the internal purge was initiated, the first victim was the state of Chu itself. Under the circumstances at that time , Unity trumps everything, and a lifetime of civil strife is tantamount to self-destruction.

“After Emperor Taizong passed away, the sage inherited the great lineage, and he has always appeased the King of Huainan, giving him many honors, and in addition, he has promoted many new officials. The officials of the Taizu lineage are weaker than before A lot.” Mao Wenshou said: “The general guards the front line of Huai Shui,

Outstanding merits, the saint is also at ease.

Over the years, the King of Huainan is said to be a lot more honest, and he didn’t cause too much trouble. Only when the sage was enshrining the crown prince, someone wrote another letter and was dismissed by the sage.

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Yang Ning said: “So you think that this time when the saint died and the prince was far away in the Eastern Qi, the people of King Huainan would take the opportunity to cause chaos?”

“It’s not impossible.” Mao Wenshou said: “If the general was still alive and he held military power, the King of Huainan would not dare to act rashly, but the sage died and the general also died at this time, so they may not be born. Ambitious.”

Qi Feng finally said: “If King Huainan really succeeds, the first one to deal with will definitely be our Jinyi Houfu.”

At this time, Yang Ning had a general understanding of the situation in the DPRK. According to Mao Wenshou, the Marquis of Jindao should belong to the King of Huainan, while the Marquis of Jinyi belonged to Emperor Taizong. If you really sit on the throne, it is naturally impossible to let go of the Jinyihou Mansion.

When he left the capital, he didn’t know the inside story. Only then did he realize that the capital had been in an extremely tense situation for a while. It was no wonder that many officials did not come to pay their respects during Qi Jing’s funeral. Even on the day of the funeral, there were not a few officials to send them off. I am afraid that those officials could see that the palace was abnormal, and they all knew that the Jinyi Hou Mansion was the main target of King Huainan. Now that Qi Jing has passed away, in their opinion, Jinyi Hou’s mansion is like an ant in the autumn, and it is difficult to have the power to return to the sky, so they all distanced themselves to avoid being implicated by Jinyi Hou.

It’s no wonder that Qi Jing just died, and the Marquis of Wuxiang came to the door to break off the marriage without waiting for the funeral, but there was a lot of mystery behind this.

He turned around in his mind, but he was thinking, the Qi family has been doing strange things recently. It must not be the people of King Huainan who are behind the scenes, right?

At this moment, someone outside the door hurriedly said: “Sir, a group of people suddenly came to kill them. There are a lot of them. I don’t know where they came from.”

Yang Ning was startled, then patted his head suddenly, and said, “That’s my own person, don’t get me wrong.” Knowing that Gu Wenwen was impatient, he brought someone to kill him.

When he came to the old house, he forgot for a while that Gu Wenwen was still waiting for his signal, and said, “That’s the people from the Gu family, I didn’t know that you already controlled the old house, and the Gu family made preparations and brought people here at night. Get those guys.”

Mao Wenshou smiled and said: “Sir, you rest first, I know them, I will explain.” Hands over and went out.

Yang Ning waited for him to go out before asking Qi Feng, “Where is the fake Qi Cheng being locked up?”

Qi Feng said, “Should the prince be interrogated in the firewood room?”

Yang Ning nodded slightly, and Qi Feng said: “There are people to guard over there. We have interrogated and found nothing useful. I will bring him here.”

Yang Ning got up and said, “I’ll go to the firewood house!”

The two went straight to the demolition room, there were guards outside the door, Qi Feng opened the door, Yang Ning entered the firewood room, and saw the fake Qi Cheng tied into a zongzi and thrown in the corner of the firewood room. Hearing the movement, the fake Qi Cheng raised his head. Taking a look, seeing Yang Ning, I was startled and lost my voice: “You… are you still alive?”

Yang Ning walked over and said with a smile, “The chief executive expects me to die?”

Fake Qi Cheng opened his mouth, but didn’t say anything, but there was a look of fear in his eyes.

“Zhao Yuan is already dead, oh, no, it’s the judge.” Yang Ning squatted down and said, “I know that Jiuyou Jizo, but I came to see you, just to ask a few irrelevant questions. , If you answer honestly, you are of no importance, I can consider letting you live, otherwise…!” With a flick of his hand, the cold blade was already shown.

“Since you know everything, what else is there to ask?” Fake Qi Cheng said, “I told them everything I should say, and I don’t know anything else.”

“It seems that you are still going to be loyal to Jiuyou Jizo.” Yang Ning smiled and said: “But that Jiuyou Jizo cares about your life or death? It is said that you are loyal to Jiuyou Jizo, and you don’t need to go to hell after death. That’s the case. , I will cut your throat with a knife now, you can try if you will go to hell?” After speaking, the cold blade was already on the fake Qi Cheng’s neck.

Fake Qi Cheng’s eyes twitched and he said, “You…what do you want to ask?”

“Where did the tax silver go?” Yang Ning said coldly, “You sent the 20% of the tax silver you collected to the capital. Who did you give it to?”

Fake Qi Cheng said: “You should ask the people of your Qi family. The tax and money were sent to the capital, and all of them were handed over to the people of your Qi family.”

“Don’t betray me.” The cold blade in Yang Ning’s hand was sent forward again, it had already cut the skin and blood was flowing down, the fake Qi Cheng had already shouted: “Yes… it’s the third grandfather of your Qi family! ”

Yang Ning was startled and frowned, “Three old masters?”

“Yes, the tax and silver have been delivered long ago, and the third grandfather of the Qi family sent someone to check.” The fake Qi Cheng said: “The judge explained that this time the tax and silver do not need to be sent to the Jinyi Hou’s mansion as before. Someone will answer.”

Yang Ning looked solemn and asked, “Why do you give the tax money to the third grandfather?”

“When I came to Qi’s old house, it was all ordered by the judge. We first took the real Qi Cheng hostage, and then threatened Qi Hong, the old manager with him, and then found a chance to control Qi Hong with medicine, and then control the entire old house in our hands.” At the juncture of life and death, fake Qi Cheng didn’t care about his backbone and confessed: “After I took control of the old house, I looked for an opportunity to let the judge enter the old house. From beginning to end, I listened to him in everything I did.”

“You have always been in contact with the three old masters?” Yang Ning asked, “Or did you contact me recently? Do you know Qi Yu?”

“I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but the judge said that your Qi family has our eyeliner, and the judge knows everything about your Hou’s mansion.” The fake Qi Cheng said, “Is there any connection between the judge and the three old masters before? I don’t know, I haven’t heard him mention the three old masters before, the expenses and income here are all handled by the judge, I just follow the instructions and go to work in detail.”

“Is there your eyeliner in the Hou Mansion?” Yang Ning’s eyes froze, “Who is the eyeliner?”